A SAXON BASKET-HILTED HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE with slightly curved single-edged hollow-ground blade double-edged at the point, rectangular ricasso etched on each face with the monogram FA under an Electoral bonnet, iron hilt painted black and comprising symmetrical guard of flat bars, thumb-ring, mushroom-shaped pommel, and wire-bound wooden grip, in leather-covered wooden scabbard (tip missing, wormed) with brass locket and suspension swivels, late 18th Century